Death Comes to All

9 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, ^(A)how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are ^(B)in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. ^2 (C)It is the same for all, since ^(D)the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,^[a] to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who ^(E)swears is as he who shuns an oath.

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

⁷ Go, ^(A)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

^8 (B)Let your garments be always white. Let not ^(C)oil be lacking on your head.

⁹ Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your ^(D)vain^[a] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your ^(E)portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. ¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, ^(F)do it with your might,^{[b] (G)}for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.